Ichiro Sushi & Ramen — Restaurant in Duluth

When I heard of this restaurant opening up my toes curled with excitement. My friends and I were waiting weeks to try their “tasty” cuisine. There was no space for parking. We had to park miles away, by the time we got there the soles of our shoes were worn completely through and our poor feet were completely exposed to the elements. When we entered there was no hostess there to greet us. We stood in the middle of the restaurant looking like a bunch of numbskulls. We stood there so long we watched many moons pass. We had to take it upon ourselves to walk to the bartenders and ask for help. They themselves were confused, they didn’t even know where they were or how they got there. We sat there for 30 minutes until the hostess FINALLY came over. She had so many orders our name was on the back page. That should’ve been our sign to leave because we waited longer for our food than we did waiting to be seated. What’s worse is the chairs were extremely uncomfortable. They were so small they couldn’t even fit Eugenia Cooney. With all that stress on our shoulders we had to sit back and not relax (because of the back breaking chairs) and enjoy the bubble tea. Id give it a solid 8/10. They finally gave us our food after an hour and forty minutes of tournament. :( We had to look at the cheap decor the entire time and be subjected to Demi Lovato. I should also mention we were placing a pick up order. After eons of waiting we finally got the bill. My eyes popped out of my head and my tongue rolled out like a red carpet. (in a bad way) $115 for some slop??? Fast forward to us being in our super fancy nice home, we’re all sitting down for dinner when we open our ramens to find wigs inside all of them. They had actual strands of hair intertwined with the noodles. I couldn’t tell what was hair or ramen. They need to wear hairnets i don’t care if you have a thick luscious head of hair or are bald you need to put it back. the noodles were hard the pork was rubbery the chicken felt like I was chewing on a chuck on concrete (When I bit down my teeth were like piano keys) broth was bland jalapeño bombs? more like canned cat food filled, curdled discharge drenched, septic tank drippings, bootyhole secretion bombs Most of us didn’t finish and the people who did had poop rockets out their back ends. In conclusion we are NOT Ichiro Sushi and Ramen...

I went with a group of 4 and nobody left satisfied. The ramen broth was comparable to Campbell's chicken noodle soup. I got the teriyaki chicken and it was so overcooked that I felt like I needed a steak knife to cut it. The fried rice was mushy. Felt like it was white rice with a lot of soy sauce poured all over it. The sushi was passable, but the service was so horrible that I wouldn't even recommend it for that.

There was a long wait at every stage of this dining experience, but when our meals came, I just wanted a fork. I informed our server and proceeded to wait and wait to get it. Eventually she came back to our table, but didn't have a fork with her. I thought maybe she forgot about the fork, but she said, "and I'll be right back with that fork." I told her to please do, because I was struggling with the chopsticks. I proceeded to wait another 5 minutes as I watched her go into and out of the kitchen, never returning with a fork. Eventually I had to get it from another server.

Our meals were also supposed to come with a soup or salad (I could have sworn the menu said soup AND salad, which is why I didn't specify which one I wanted) but she completely ignored asking about it or delivering it for multiple people at the table. When she finally came bac to the table after I finished my entree completely, I asked about the soup and salad. I was told that because I got fried rice instead of white, I don't qualify for soup or salad. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and it's not mentioned on the menu, nor did our waitress inform me that this was the case when I ordered the fried rice.

The only reason the atmosphere gets a three stars from me is because they have a $16,000 robot that assists the servers, I can't help but think that maybe it's slow because they're always waiting on the robot, but I guess that's kind of interesting. Anyway, the robot is not worth it. I know there aren't a lot of great Asian places in Duluth, but this has to be...

This is a review of the tonkotsu ramen. Keep in mind this is only the restaurants second day open

I want to preface this by saying that even though this review is a bit negative that the food was overall pretty good and probably about as good as you can expect in a town like Duluth Minnesota. I'll probably visit again, and I suggest you try this place.

The good the broth is very good and very flavorful. Definitely the best part of this dish.

The not so good the ajitama (ramen egg) was disappointing. Should be flavorful and creamy but it was overcooked, bland, and didn't seem cured at all. the noodles were slightly undercooked. I like my noodles with a good bite and being too tough is a lot better than being overcooked and soggy, but these should have cooked a little longer. And again the taste was a bit off, maybe the water they were cooked in was under salted. With the really flavorful broth the noodles were good. the chashu was kinda dry and didn't seem very well seasoned. the corn really didn't go well with the tonkotsu broth. Definitely ask to have them not add it. It's a common addition to miso ramen in Hokkaido so if you get the miso ramen let them add it, just not on the tonkotsu.

Overall the ramen was actually some of the better ramen I've had in the United States. I would give it four stars but considering how easy it is to make good ajitama I had to take...